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Election
US Supreme Court Rejects Trump Administration Bid to Challenge 20,000 California Ballots
DID Press: US Supreme Court on Monday rejected Trump administration’s request to set aside 20,000 ballots in California, which the administration alleged may have been sent to non-US citizens and should be subject to review. The court issued the decision…
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Afghanistan
66 US Lawmakers Oppose Deportation of Afghan Nationals
DID Press: Sixty-six members of the US Congress have sent a letter to the Donald Trump administration calling for a halt to the deportation of at least 150 Afghan nationals who are expected to be transferred from detention facilities in…
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Afghanistan
Trump Claims He Could Have Won Afghanistan War in 3 Weeks
DID Press: US President Donald Trump has claimed that he could have won the war in Afghanistan within three weeks. Speaking at a campaign rally for the US midterm elections in Dubuque, Iowa, on Sunday, Trump criticised his predecessors for…
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Afghanistan
RSF Names Taliban Leader and Trump Among Global Press Freedom Restrictors
DID Press: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has included Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and US President Donald Trump on its 2026 list of those restricting press freedom, criticising the suppression of independent media in Afghanistan and limits on journalists’ access to…
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Government
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: Another US Attack on Iran Would Be “Madness”
DID Press: Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has warned of the consequences of a possible renewed US attack on Iran, saying such an action could come…
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Government
The Atlantic: Trump Seeks to Shift Blame for Failures in War with Iran
DID Press: US President Donald Trump is reportedly frustrated that his promises of a swift victory in the war with Iran have not materialised and is seeking to shift responsibility for the setbacks onto others, according to an article published…
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Afghanistan
US Prepares to Deport More Than 150 Afghan Migrants
DID Press: The administration of US President Donald Trump is preparing to deport more than 150 Afghan nationals from the United States, a move that refugee advocacy groups say could affect family members of former Afghan military personnel who served…
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Government
US Senator Sanders Criticizes Trump’s Treatment of Journalists: “People Are Fed Up”
DID Press: US Senator Bernie Sanders has criticized President Donald Trump over his treatment of journalists, describing the president’s behaviour as abnormal. Sanders said Trump had shouted at a reporter after the journalist asked a simple question about the president’s…
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Analysis
Political Deadlock in Tel Aviv Raises the Costs for Washington
DID Press: Preliminary results from Israel’s Knesset elections indicate that neither electoral bloc can form a government on its own, setting the stage for complex coalition negotiations and raising the possibility of prolonged political instability or another election in the…
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Government
WSJ: Vance Sends Letter to Iran to Explore Renewed Talks
DID Press: US Vice President JD Vance has sent a letter to Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, at the direction of President Donald Trump, to explore the possibility of resuming negotiations aimed at ending the war…
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